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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
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Merle Lawter is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in Saint George, Utah offering comprehensive mental health and psychiatric services both in-person and online. The practice specializes in addiction and substance use disorders and a wide range of behavioral health conditions using evidence based approaches.
What kinds of services does Merle Lawter offer?
Merle Lawter provides psychiatric evaluation and medication management as well as psychotherapy. Treatment is offered for addiction, substance use and dual diagnosis, bipolar disorder and ADHD, autism, and many other mental health conditions.
Core therapeutic modalities include Dialectical Behavior Therapy and EMDR, family therapy and interpersonal therapy, and trauma focused approaches tailored to client needs.
Who can get help here?
The practice serves clients across the lifespan from toddlers and children through adults and seniors aged 65 and older. Services are available for clients, couples, and groups, with specialized affirming support for LGBTQ+ clients, veterans, single mothers, and diverse cultural and ethnic communities.
Where is the practice located and how do sessions work?
The office is located on Bluff Street in Saint George. Both in-person appointments and secure telehealth sessions are available offering flexibility for clients throughout the region including nearby Cedar City and Washington County.
What insurance and payment options are accepted?
Merle Lawter accepts a wide range of insurance plans including Medicaid, Medicare, SelectHealth, UnitedHealthcare, and many others. Out-of-network billing is also available.
Payment Options
Insurance Options
- Aetna
- Anthem
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Cigna
- Deseret Mutual Benefit Advisors
- EMI Health
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- MultiPlan
- Optum
- Public Employees Health Program
- Regence
- SelectHealth
- UnitedHealthcare
- Zelis Healthcare
Orientation & Focus
Ages Treated
Modalities
Populations
Ethnicity
Specialties
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Coaching
- Depression
- Eating Disorder
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Conditions Treated
- Addiction & Substance Abuse
- ADHD
- Adoption & Foster Care
- Aging & Senior Issues
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Learning Disabilities
- Life Coaching
- Medication Management
- OCD
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Self Esteem
- Self Harm
- Sleep & Insomnia
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma & PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Veterans & Military
- Women's Issues
Treatment Options
- Coaching
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Family Therapy
- Interpersonal
- Multicultural
- Music Therapy
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychological Assessment
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
